Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

El amor en los tiempos del cólera by Gabriel García Márquez

38 reviews

veposve's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Colonisation

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Stalking, and War

emileeandherbooks's review against another edition

0.75

“Love”? More like feverish obsession.

“Love”? More like constant infidelity. 

“Love”? More like sexual assault ( a doctor to his patient! And she’s okay with it!* ) 

“Love”? More like pedophilia. 

“Love”? More like stalking. 

This book was crap. Marquez is a talented writer but the story was gross, annoying and pointless. So pointless. I couldn’t care less about every single character. 

It’s completely sexist and so OBVIOUSLY written by a sex-obsessed man. He practically has his female characters begging for sex. *And when they’re assaulted, they’re okay with it! And even a 14 year-old girl is happy to have a 70 year-old man groom her and…you know the rest. 

Just gross. So so gross. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual content, and Stalking

Moderate: Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

booksansbluess's review against another edition

It's really boring

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Racism

Moderate: Infidelity

evgeorge's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

imoran's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Florentino Ariza has a kill count higher than Anakin Skywalker

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Infidelity, Sexism, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and War

madelynfrank's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I have so many thoughts about this book as probably a lot of people had? Was FA supposed to be gross right? Very gross. Prose is beautiful and often funny. Plot and characters all flow between each other in time which I really enjoyed. Felt very tangential like a story. Racism/sexism/pedophilia was a bummer but I guess to be expected. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

ghost_thorns's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Pandemic/Epidemic

lindseyhall44's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Another stunning novel by one of the most talented authors to ever existed. Within the social commentary, magical realism, and class dynamics, there is also an incredible amount of heart. I would highly, highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Outing, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

theraindiary's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Medical content, and Stalking

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

annatan's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Racism, Sexism, and Stalking

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Grief, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Death of parent